Autore	Nam Hwasook <1959->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (394 p.)
Disciplina	331.88123820095195
Collana	Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Soggetto topico	Shipbuilding industry - Employees - Labor unions - Korea (South) - History - 20th century Labor movement - Korea (South) - History - 20th century
ISBN	0-295-80027-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Worker militancy in the postwar years -- Anticommunism, labor rights, and organized labor: the early 1950s -- KSEC workers in the 1950s -- The KSEC union in the political upheavals of 1960-61 -- Consolidation of a democratic union -- Rationalization and resistance -- Development versus democracy: the late 1960s -- Privatization and the suppression of labor, 1968-69 -- Shipbuilding workers under authoritarian rule: the 1970s -- Shipbuilding for the world market and resurging labor militancy.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910807675603321

Autore	Schwartz Harvey
Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina	624.2/30979461
Soggetto topico	Structural steel workers - California - San Francisco Construction workers - California - San Francisco
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-295-80620-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Fred Divita: Field engineer -- John Noren: Elevator man -- Glenn McIntyre: Ironworker -- John Urban: Cable spinner -- Fred Brusati: Electrician -- Martin Adams: Laborer -- Evan C. Slim Lambert: Survivor -- Al Zampa: Legend -- Mary Zita Felciano and Patricia Deweese: Nurses -- Walter Vestnys and Joyce "Big J" Harris: Maintenance ironworkers -- Epilogue.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461564503321

Autore	Pyne Stephen J. <1949->
Edizione	[Pbk. edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 1998
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (556 p.)
Disciplina	363.370994
Collana	Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Soggetto topico	Shifting cultivation Nature - Effect of human beings on Natural history Fire ecology Aboriginal Australians - Agriculture NATURE - Weather SOCIAL SCIENCE - Human Geography Shifting cultivation - Australia Natural history - Australia Fire ecology - Australia Nature - Effect of human beings on - Australia
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-295-99883-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Foreword by William Cronon -- Preface to the 1998 paperback edition -- Preface to the original edition: Firestick history -- Map of Australia -- Map of Australia's vegetation -- Prologue: Dust to dust -- Book I. The Eucalypt -- 1. The universal Australian -- 2. Unimaginable freaks of fire: Profile of a pyrophyte -- 3. Red centre: Fire regimes of old Australia -- 4. Land of contrarities -- Book II. The Aborigine -- 5. Flaming front -- 6. Firestick farmer: Profile of a pyrophile -- 7. Fires of the dreaming -- 8. Smokes by day, fires by night: Fire regimes of Aboriginal Australia -- 9. This wonderful depository of fire -- Book III. The European -- 10. Entwining fire -- 11. Reconnaissance by fire: Education of a pyrophile -- 12. Red steers and green pick -- 13. Beyond the black stump -- 14. Fire conservancy -- 15. Burning off: Fire provinces of European Australia -- 16. When the Billy boiled -- Book IV. The new Australian -- 17. The two fires -- 18. Antipodean fire: The Australian strategy -- 19. Wild bush, urban bush: Fire regimes of new Australia -- 20. Dieback -- Epilogue: Ashes to ashes.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461016403321

Autore	Symonds Patricia V.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Seattle, [Washington] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (386 p.)
Disciplina	305.8959/720593
Soggetto topico	Hmong (Asian people) - Thailand, Northern - Rites and ceremonies Women, Hmong - Thailand, Northern - Social conditions Sex role - Thailand, Northern Sexual division of labor - Thailand, Northern Patrilineal kinship - Thailand, Northern Hmong Americans - Social life and customs
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-295-80565-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction : conducting research in a Hmong village -- Hmong cosmology : a balance of opposites -- Mothers, daughters, and wives -- Birth : the journey to the land of light -- Death : the journey to the land of darkness -- Reflections on power, gender, and the cycle of life -- Epilogue : HIV/AIDS and the Hmong in Thailand.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460898803321

Autore	Symonds Patricia V
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (377 p.)
Disciplina	305.895/9420593
Soggetto topico	Hmong (Asian people) - Thailand, Northern - Rites and ceremonies Women, Hmong - Thailand, Northern - Social conditions Sex role - Thailand, Northern Sexual division of labor - Thailand, Northern Patrilineal kinship - Thailand, Northern Hmong Americans - Social life and customs
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-295-80042-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes On Orthography of the Hmong Language""; ""Introduction: Conducting Research In a Hmong Village""; ""1. Hmong Cosmology: A Balance of Opposites""; ""2. Mothers, Daughters, and Wives""; ""4. Death: The Journey to the Land of Darkness""; ""5. Reflections on Power, Gender, and the Cycle of Life""; ""Epilogue: HIV/AIDS and the Hmong in Thailand""; ""Appendixes""; ""A. "Hu Plig" (Calling in the Soul): Hmong Text""; ""B. "Showing the Way" (Qhuab Kev): English Translation""; ""C. "Qhuab Kev" (Showing the Way): Hmong Text"" ""D. Flower Village Demographics""""E. A Shamanic Healing in the United States""; ""F. Health Care and Gender Issues of Hmong in the United States""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453144703321